高中英语 Unit 2 Witnessing time同步练习7 牛津译林版选修9.doc

unit 2 witness time一、完形填空directions: for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. the health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. one of the least understood involves the 1 roles of producer or “provider” and purchaser or “consumer” in the typical doctor-patient relationship. in most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a(n) 2 buyer with various inducements (引诱) of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. such condition, 3 , is not common in most of the health-care industry.in the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the 4 relationship between producer and consumer. once an individual has chosen to see a physicianand even then there may be no real choice it is the physician who usually makes all significant 5 decisions: whether the patient should return “next wednesday,” whether x-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. it is a rare and experienced patient who will 6 such decisions made by experts or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as 7 .this is particularly 8 in relation to hospital care. the physician must give evidence of the 9 for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be allowed to leave. the patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctors judgments that are 10 . little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the physician who is the real “consumer.” as a consequence, the 11 represents the “power center” in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.although usually there are in this situation four recognizable participants the physician, the hospital, the patient, and the payer (generally an insurance carrier or government) the physician makes the 12 for all of them. the hospital becomes an extension of the physician; the payer generally 13 most of the bills generated by the physician/hospital; and for the most part the patient plays a 14 role. we estimate that about 75-80 percent of health-care 15 are determined by physicians, not patients. for this reason, economy directed at patients or the general are relatively ineffective.1.a. peculiarb. normalc. minord. vital2. a. eagerb. potentialc. overseasd. reluctant3.a. moreoverb. thereforec. howeverd. instead4.a. ordinaryb. permanentc. stabled. intense5.a. difficultb. consciousc. earlyd. purchasing6.a. acceptb. confirmc. challenged. announce7. a. commonb. seriousc. mildd. preventable8.a. significantb. rarec. changeabled. alternative9.a. choiceb. needc. disadvantaged. importance10.a. balancedb. accuratec. independentd. final11. a. patientb. medical staffc. governmentd. insurance agent12.a. academicb. typicalc. uniqued. essential13.a. reducesb. sendsc. losesd. meets14.a. traditionalb. clearc. passived. dominant15. a. spendingb. schedulec. therapy d. requirement1.a2.b3.c4.a5.d6.c7.b8.a9.b10.d11.b12.d13.d14.c15.a二、阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（a）liu hui is very excited. the students in a school in shanghai will go to the usa with his parents during the spring festival.“overseas touring has always been a dream for me,” he said happily.nowadays, chinese people enjoy longer holidays, such as the three “golden week holidays”(the spring festival, may day and national day). they have more time to travel. rising incomes also make travelling abroad realistic for ordinary chinese people. nearly 7 million chinese travelled overseas in 2001, according to the national tourism administration(国家旅游局). the most common problem travellers face is how to choose the best routes(路线). by the end of 2002, chinese citizens were allowed to travel to 19 foreign countries and regions at their own expense. the top 10 places included hong kong, macao and thailand. european countries are also becoming increasingly popular. “more and more chinese people have shown interest in travelling to europe, particularly france and finland,” said tan wen, a general manager of china youth travel service. “sooner or later, there will be a peak（高峰） in european tours.” another consideration is choosing the right travel agencies and finding the best price. the china consumers association（cca，中国消费者协会）offered tips to consumers on choosing the right travel agencies to help prevent a relaxing vacation from turning into a costly disaster. “price should not be the single most important factor in choosing a travel agency,” said zhang yuanchao, cca vice-secretary general. consumers are advised to choose large state travel agencies with good reputations and official approval to organize overseas tour groups. zhangs association dealt with more than 5, 000 complaints about travel agencies（旅行社） last year. and the majority of the complaints were about random changes in travel routes, bad tour guides, and forced shopping. travellers were warned to look carefully at their contracts with agencies and to buy travel insurance(保险). 1how many reasons are given in the article as to why ordinary chinese people are traveling abroad more today?atwo.bthree.cfour.dfive.2according to the passage, what is the biggest problem chinese travelers face when going overseas?achoosing the best travel agent.bdeciding the best way to get to the places they want to go to.ctraveling to europe.dcost.3according to the passage, what seems to be the most common result of choosing a bad travel agency?apeople buy more souvenirs than they had planned to.bpeople spend more money than they had planned to.cpeople go to different places than they had palnned to.dpeople complained more than they had planned to.4the underlined part “random changes” probably means that .athe travelers agreed with the changes.bthe travel agency didnt make any changes.cthe travel agency refused to changes the routes.dthe travel agency changed the routes or time without following the original plan（b）the luck of the irishlook at a map of britain, and the island on the left is ireland. its a small but beautiful country with a long tradition of folk music. up until 10 years ago just about the only thing that ireland was famous for was its specialty black beer. now ireland is famous around the world for its music with names like kenya,u2 ,van morrisonand more recently the corers. boyzone, one of the worlds top boy bands ,is from ireland too.whats more,boyzone member shane has twin sisters, adele and heavy, who are members of b witched the boyzonestory is interesting because they were created in 1993 by dublin nightclub owner john reynolds.they advertised in newspapers to find members for the group and 300 wannabe pop stars applied! ronan,who was just 17 when he dropped out of school to make his bid for stardom,and shane,who had been working as trained mechanic in his fathers garage when he left to join boyzone,were both lucky enough to be chosen. the other members are shoe-shop attendant stephen lately,former mechanic mike graham and one-time clothes store assistant keith dully. many people expect bands that have been created by the music industry to produce boring music which doesnt become popular. even the boys themselves knew they would not easily achieve international pop music success. boyzone quickly proved that they were more than just pretty faces and have sold millions of records around the world.at the moment ,they are not big stars in america,but they say that will change,when they begin a tour of the united states. ronan will shortly also start recording as a solo artist. that does not mean the band will spilt yet,but we can expect boyzone to split sometime in the next 18 months or so.ronan has also recently become involved as one of the managers of new irish boy band west life whose song swear it againhas recently been number 1 in the british charts. 5ireland is famous for now.aits black beerbits long traditioncpopular musicdits scenery6the words “wannabe pop stars” in the third paragraph mean .athe pops who want to join the bandbthe persons who want to become pop starscthe pop stars who want to become more populardthe persons who want to be as famous as they are 7acording to the passage, we know that .aboy zone will split some daybboy zone was successful because it was created by music industrycthe boys in boy zone were certain that they would be famous one daydboy zone are going to perform in the states for americans love them very much 参考答案、14、adbc 57、cba三、任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格填1个单词。chinas tianhe-1 has a computing speed of 2,507 trillion（万亿）calculations a second, making it the fastest computer in the world. it is also 40 percent faster than the worlds second fastest supercomputer, cray xt5 jaguar, in the us, kept at a national laboratory in tennessee, according to the new york times. jack dongarra, a university of tennessee computer scientist, told nyt that the chinese supercomputer is faster than the existing number one machine.building the fastest supercomputer has become a source of national pride, as these machines are valued for their ability to solve problems in areas like defense, energy and science. these problems are related to national interests. supercomputing technology is also found in business. oil and gas companies use supercomputers to find oil and gas. obviously, research centers with large supercomputers attract top scientific talents. this adds extra importance to the machinestheyre more than just huge computers. chinas new supercomputer will be used to speed up greatly scientific calculations, such as hurricane and tsunami modeling, cancer research, car design and even studying stars.in 2008, two us scientists put together a step-by-step guide on how to build a supercomputer using playstation 3 video-game consoles（控制台）. modern supercomputers are built by combining thousands of small computer servers（服务器）and using software to turn them into one large computer. really, any organization with enough material and technology can create a fast machine. the chinese system follows that model by linking thousands upon thousands of computer servers. but the secret behind the systemand the technological achievementis chinas own networking technology. “that technology was built by them,” dongarra said. “they are taking supercomputing very seriously and using a lot of time and money.”“china is still a developing country,” said sha chaoqun, manager at dawning company which is the leading supercomputer maker in china. “maybe one day, chinas total computing power can be greater than that of the us, but there is still a long way to go before we get there.”par